Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/665 of 22 April 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 as regards requirements for providers of air traffic management/air navigation services and other air traffic management network functions in the U-space airspace designated in controlled airspace (Text with EEA relevance)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/373 is amended as follows: (1) in Annex I, the following points are added: ‘(260) “U-space airspace” means a UAS geographical zone designated by Member States, where UAS operations are only allowed to take place with the support of U-space services; (261) “U-space service” means a service relying on digital services and automation of functions designed to support safe, secure and efficient access to U-space airspace for a large number of UAS; (262) “common information service” means a service consisting in dissemination of static and dynamic data to enable the provision of U-space services for the management of traffic of unmanned aircraft; (263) “dynamic airspace reconfiguration” means the temporary modification of the U-space airspace in order to accommodate short-term changes in manned traffic demand, by adjusting the geographical limits of that U-space airspace.’; (2) in Section 1 of Subpart A of Annex IV, the following point ATS.OR.127 is added: ‘ATS.OR.127 Coordination by air traffic services providers in U-space airspace Air traffic services providers shall: (a) provide on a non-discriminatory basis the relevant traffic information regarding manned aircraft that is necessary as part of the common information services referred to in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/664 for a U-Space airspace established in the controlled airspace where the air traffic service provider is designated to provide its services; (b) establish the coordination procedures and communication facilities between appropriate air traffic service units, U-space service providers and, where applicable, single common information service providers permitting provision of this data. (3) in Section 2 of Subpart B of Annex IV, the following point ATS.TR.237 is inserted: ‘ATS.TR.237 Dynamic reconfiguration of the U-space airspace Air traffic control units shall: (a) temporarily limit the area within the designated U-space airspace where UAS operations can take place in order to accommodate short-term changes in manned traffic demand by adjusting the lateral and vertical limits of the U-space airspace; (b) ensure that the relevant U-space service providers and, where applicable, single common information service providers are notified in a timely and effective manner of the activation, deactivation and temporary limitations of the designated U-space airspace.’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 26 January 2023.